Data replication targets

Infor Landmark Technology supports several choices of where to send replicated data:

  • Data Lake - You can replicated data to the Infor Data Lake for analytic, auditing, or other purposes. The preferred method for this replication is the Data Lake destination data option. This option uses batch ingestion through the Data Fabric Ingestion Services that are part of the Data Fabric application of Infor OS. By direct ingestion of data objects into Data Lake, batch ingestion achieves greater throughput and near real-time replication by eliminating several steps required by the transport of data by IMS.

    The Data Lake batch ingestion does not require prior configuration or setup. To confirm that the Data Lake batch ingestion is ready, you can check the status of the Data Lake Batch Ingestion ION component in the Async Administrator and confirm if it has a Healthy status.

    The delivery of the documents to Data Lake is processed by the BatchSweep action in the Async DataLakeBatchIngestion queue. When the documents are processed, they are removed from the DataLakeQueue holding table. To monitor the Data Lake activity, go to the Data Lake Queue tab of the replication set and view the DataLakeQueue holding table.

    Note: The Data Lake batch ingestion feature is not available in Infor Government Solutions (IGS).

  • Streaming - You can send records to other destinations using Infor OS Data Fabric streaming pipelines. You can use streaming to publish live data, but it is not intended for publishing initial load, archived data, or large-scale replication.

    After replication occurs, records are ingested by the Infor OS Data Fabric and sent to the Data Lake in batches, which run at least every five minutes. In addition, the records are streamed to other destinations through pipelines. For replication sets configured for streaming, initial or full replications use the Data Lake Batch Ingestion method. Only incremental replications use the streaming ingestion service.

    Streaming does not require prior configuration or setup. To confirm that streaming is ready, you can check the status of the Data Lake Stream Ingestion ION component in the Async Administrator and confirm if it has a Healthy status.

    The delivery of the documents to Infor OS Data Fabric is processed by the StreamSweep action in the Async DataLakeStreamIngestion queue. When the documents are processed, they are removed from the DataLakeQueue holding table. To monitor the streaming activity, go to the Streaming Queue tab of the replication set and view the DataLakeQueue holding table.

    Note: The streaming feature is not available in Infor Government Solutions (IGS).
  • IMS - You can send replicated data through the Infor Messaging Service (IMS) to the Infor Data Lake. This replication target requires setting up ION data flow definitions and several configuration parameters. See Configuring data replication to the Infor Data Lake via IMS.
  • FTP - You can send replicated data to an FTP directory. This requires setting several configuration parameters so that FTP is recognized as a valid replication destination and setting up users so they are associated with the FTP service and have the needed security access. See Configuring data replication to an FTP directory and Setting up users for the service for FTP data replication.
  • Local - You can send replicated data to another data area within the same environment as the data area from which you are replicating data.